How much revenue did Hoa make?

$323k–$870k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Hoa sell?

Q: How many copies did Hoa sell?

78k to 128k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 78k–128k; $323k–$870k after Steam's cut $588k–$1.3M before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Hoa and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Hoa's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 72k–103k

best case 239k (Prince of Persia The Lost Crown)

Games like Hoa

A typical game among these

≈ 72k–103k copies

≈ $371k–$816k after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Prince of Persia The Lost Crown at ≈ 182k–295k copies, ≈ $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 936 reviews in their first month; the range was 61 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share 2D Platformer (7 of 8) and Action-Adventure (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Metroidvania + Exploration, priced around $30.
When they shipped: 5 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 36 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Castlevania Dominus Collection 2024	Est. copies ≈ 69k–111k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $471k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $857k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	3k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaAction
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